After the Godspeed completes its tour, it will return to Jamestown to be a floating museum.
By Amanda Cassandra and Maha Saad / Voiced by Barbara Schoetzau
New York
03 July 2006
A replica of one of the first ships to sail to America is in New York for the United States' independence day celebration on July 4th. Amanda Cassandra and Maha Saad visited the ship and spoke with crew members.
Almost 80 civic and historic groups are sponsoring the tour,
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"We cannot tell the whole story of Jamestown. What we want to do is inspire people to learn more,
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Former astronaut and seven-time space explorer, Franklin Chang-Diaz, says the event is about rekindling the natural human desire to explore.
Organizers say one of the most important legacies settlers left is democratic government. The first representative assembly met at Jamestown in 1619, a precursor to today's Virginia General Assembly. President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Colin Campbell, says other legacies continue.
"We are here to celebrate the spirit of exploration. Exploration is very much alive," he said. " It was alive 400 years ago, when these settlers first settled down in this new world. But, today, as we speak, there is another ship flying in space, the International Space Station,
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The Godspeed's journey is one of the highlights of an 18-month celebration aimed at remembering the founding of the Jamestown settlement and looking to the future.
Visitors can go aboard the Godspeed to experience life on the ship from a knowledgeable crew dressed in colonial clothing. Crew member Terry Robertson says the original journey was difficult, and those who come aboard the Godspeed have a better understanding of the conditions the settlers experienced.
A working model of one of the ships that brought the first settlers to Jamestown, Virginia,
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New York, which is one of six cities welcoming the vessel, is holding a landing party festival,
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"In one way, it was an adventure, but it was a hardship. It was tough for them to come aboard and sail across the Atlantic," he said. "It took four-and-a-half months to get here. When people come aboard,
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Unlike the original, the new model is made from tropical hardwoods, which are more durable, and an engine was added.
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Captain Eric Speth says the ship's design was researched thoroughly to ensure its historical accuracy.
"We conducted about nine months of research," he explained. "The research showed us the size of the vessel, and we were able to find information on how vessels like this were designed, how they were built, how they were rigged, and where the sails were set. It took about a year-and-a-half to build it. It is built in the same manner as the original would have been, all out of solid wood."
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